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Posted at 3:58 PM on Tuesday 01/15/08 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Plustek OpticFilm 7300 Film Scanner (7200 dpi film scanner) for $233 - $30 rebate [Exp 1/31] = $203 with free shipping. This device allows you to scan old slides and film negatives into your computer. New customers can take $10 off $200.
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    real_cheep - Posted 5:36 pm PST 01/15/08 (740 Posts)  Report Spam

    Man I would love to have one of these but I could probably run all my 35mm negs through in one weekend. After everything's scanned, you don't need it anymore. Somebody should set up a shop to rent these things for like $30/day.

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    Pdok - Posted 8:00 pm PST 01/15/08 (740 Posts)  Report Spam

    At 226 seconds per negative, it will take longer than a weekend. If you go to a lower res, it still takes 87 seconds per.

    The reason this thing is cheap is because of scan speed and lower quality image processing. If you want it done in a weekend, drop off your negatives at a photo shop and ask for the CD option. Probably not the best quality, but a hell of a lot better than sitting there for hours.

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    abang - Posted 9:45 pm PST 01/15/08 (70 Posts)  Report Spam

    One of the camera stores where I live rents Nikon Coolscan 5000ED scanners. That's a $1500 scanner and it produces incredible scans. No way will this be of the same quality. Just check with your local camera stores and see if you can rent a scanner.

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    lawnsprinkler - Posted 11:15 pm PST 01/15/08 (1876 Posts)  Report Spam

    How much does the store near you rent it for #3? I have some photos of groovielou's mom i want to send to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.

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    foomench - Posted 8:41 am PST 01/16/08 (1392 Posts)  Report Spam

    Price shows $280 + $12 shipping for me now.

    Anyone know what the 7300 has that the 7200 doesn't? I was thinking of getting the 7200i. I think it has IR dust & scratch detection and better software.

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    nolonemo - Posted 11:19 am PST 01/16/08 (972 Posts)  Report Spam

    If you want to scan slides, you're better off getting a good used film scanner on ebay and reselling after you're done.

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